(Alex Jones' films documenting the "Police State" in America are
some of the most powerful full length videos available on this subject.
As mentioned in my earlier
commentary, this is one of the areas that Jones does his best reporting
and analysis. Although sometimes stumbling on points of style and presentation,
Alex's presentation of the militarization of law enforcement and the devolution
of our peace officers into heavily armed thugs is undeniable. Sometimes
the documentation of this state of affairs can be overwhelming to some
people. Nevertheless, these films can be excellent tools to wake people
up from the illusion that we live in a free country. Many of these films
are available on youtube or DVDs can be purchased through Infowars.com
which include package discounts. RF)

Police State 2000 Time 2:02
This film is the first of the "Police State" series which was released
in 1999 on the VHS format. Give credit where credit is due, Alex Jones
was out ahead of the crowd in drawing attention to America's transformation
into a Soviet style merging of the military and law enforcement. After
an opening monologue and a segment on foreign troops conducting disarmament
exercises on American soil, there is a long section on a police checkpoint
set up on a Texas interstate highway. While the unconstitutionality of
this activity and the similarities to Nazi Germany are brought to our attention,
some of Alex's youthful theatrics and the drawn out struggle to get interviews
with the police officers should have been left on the editing room floor.
The film then shifts attention to military urban training exercises in
several Texas communities, and then to video of martial law exercises in
Alabama and Maryland. The best footage is the video of "Operation Urban
Warrior" which occurred in Oakland, California and features actors who
portray American citizens being rounded up, handcuffed and placed in detention
camps. We also observe foreign troops who are training to break down doors
of American homes and confiscate firearms. In a subsequent three minute
segment, we learn about the sale of armored vehicles and heavy weapons
to police departments across the country.

In the closing summary, Alex only superficially ties his "police state"
observations with the issues of world government, mass gun confiscation
and the elite's plans to take away our freedoms. This film is a youthful
effort by Alex and the production quality is decidedly amateurish--but
consider that at the time this film was made, only a few documentary films
on this subject were available and most were the simple lecture format,
better known as "talking head" videos. Alex's film provides live scenes
of military training exercises in urban environments and photos, news headlines
and interviews that make better use of the video format. Although the film
is somewhat dated, it is still interesting to see how many of Alex's concerns
and predictions have played out a decade later. It is also worth taking
note of government activities that were considered outrageous in 1999 are
now taken for granted by the American people. It is testament to the powerful
influence of the mainstream corporate media and their ability to modify
human beliefs and behavior.
Rating: **

Police State II The Takeover Time 2:02
This documentary was put together in 2000 following the police crackdown
in Seattle during the December 1999 World Trade Organization meeting. After
an opening monologue and a review of some scenes from Police State 2000,
we get the complete rundown of the Seattle "Civil Emergency" and several scenes
of thuggish behavior by the Seattle police in their paramilitary riot gear.
Alex provides strong evidence that the so-called "Black Bloc Anarchists"
were in fact agent provocateurs that infiltrated into the crowds of protesters,
then began to initiate random violence and acts of vandalism in order to
provide a pretext for the subsequent brutal actions by the police against
the peaceful demonstrators. There is extensive video of the mass arrests
and the use of the Sand
Point FEMA brig to process the hundreds of arrested protesters. Some
of the subsequent photos depicting similar "Concentration Camps" in America
have been challenged as to their authenticity. But in the years since this
film was made, the alternative media has provided more than ample evidence
of mass prisons and camps being built in this country. In any case, this
film and others like it provide real coverage of major news events that
have been sanitized or hidden from public view by the mainstream media.

The second half of this film is a wide ranging discussion of various
oppressive and tyrannical actions by the government. There is coverage
of the phony drug war, additional footage of police checkpoints and military
urban training exercises, and SWAT training. Overall, the last half of
the film is less compelling than the first half, especially since many
of these same ideas were previously covered in Police State 2000.
While the production quality of this video is far superior to previous
efforts, there are still questionable decisions to include segments that
have little or no value in the film. Alex's attempted ambush interview
of General Barry McCaffrey
and his attempt to confront Janet Reno on Waco are two examples that come
to mind. Nevertheless, the valuable insights into the Seattle WTO police
state and the phony pretexts used by the government to deny American's
freedom of assembly and freedom of speech make this film worth watching.
Rating: ***

Police State III Total Enslavement Time 2:39
Produced in 2003, PS3 frantically sounds the alarm over the Orwellian
nightmare being foist upon the American people and ultimately the global
population. This film was put together in the format of Alex's radio shows,
where news articles are read and analyzed, followed by discussion of how
these pieces fit into the master plan of the New World Order. While 99%
of Alex's presentation is provably true, it is that 1% of conjecture combined
with hyperbole, theatrics and scare mongering that prevent this film from
hitting a home run. To get a taste of that, one need look no farther than
the jacket notes:

"The greatest evil that mankind has ever faced is among
us: a scientifically crafted global dictatorship sworn to enslave every
man, woman and child. The United States government, at all levels, has
fallen under the control of the desperately wicked New World order clan.
The events of Sept 11th mark the initiation of the final sick push of the
Illuminati to consolidate their One World Order and transform earth into
a Prison Planet....

The film opens with an initial monologue outlining the major highlights,
and then some background history of the New World Order. What follows is
rapid fire coverage of dozens and dozens of news articles from around the
world, documenting the phony drug war, CIA/Mossad involvement in false
flag terror attacks, Homeland Security, Patriot Acts I & II, torture,
vaccines, the Total Information Awareness Network, mass surveillance, biometrics,
transformation of police into paramilitary oppressors of the citizenry,
and implications of government involvement in child kidnapping and sex
trafficking... just to name a few. Because there are so many topics being
touched upon in this documentary, one wonders if the film would have been
more effective covering fewer issues and being more thorough with each.
Indeed, many of these topics could become the subject of an entire film
each by themselves. The point I am making here is that most people who
are not already familiar with these issues are quickly overwhelmed by the
sheer magnitude of the problems Alex presents in this film. The typical
human reaction to this onslaught is to shut down the reasoning half of
the brain and to just ignore the evidence while dismissing everything as
half-baked conspiracy theory.

Regretfully, I've observed firsthand such reactions in viewers of these
types of films more often than not. Many of the subjects covered in this
film are such a conceptual leap from the first two police state films that
it is nearly impossible to present as part of the same series as a logical
sequence. Ideally it should have been broken up into two separate films,
especially considering over 30 minutes of the film is dedicated to issues
surrounding the Patriot Acts. I have had the most success educating people
through a gradual step by step process and have found that presenting an
avalanche of information all at once is counterproductive. Having said
that, this film is a convincing and accurate description of our American
dictatorship circa 2003, and presents the full spectrum of the elite's
methods of total enslavement of the population.
Rating: ****

Police State IV The Rise of FEMA Time 2:20
Sometimes pictures can tell a thousand words, and in the opening sequence
of this film we are "treated" to a video montage of scenes of riot troops
in action in American cities throughout the last decade. One can't help
but think of the Imperial
Storm Troopers from the Star Wars saga. The first three Police State
films served as strong warnings about the coming Police State. In Police
State IV The Rise of FEMA, we are definitively shown to be suffering
under aPolice State. After a review of PDD51
and Executive Orders detailing
martial law in America, the film begins with extensive coverage of the
mechanics of the consolidation of federal power in the executive branch,
the takeover of state National Guard units and state and local police,
the accelerated construction of FEMA camps nationwide, the Civilian
Inmate Labor Program, and policy statements such as the MIAC
report which define nearly
any form of political dissent or support for third party candidates as
terrorism. There is extensive coverage of the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh
in September 2009 and the brutal police oppression of the protesters, including
first use of LRAD
devices to inflict eardrum shattering sound waves on the domestic "civilian"
population. This technology, first field tested in Iraq, is now being deployed
against the domestic population.

The film continues with coverage of various other issues from 2009 and
early 2010 related to the police state, including an illegal military checkpoint
in Tennessee, the American Police
Force story out of Hardin, Montana, and the Christmas 2009 so-called
"Panty
Bomber" to name a few. The coverage of gun confiscations in the aftermath
of Katrina in New Orleans is a chilling view of our future. Interspersed
throughout the film are several segments from previous films. The production
quality is also somewhat economized through the use of extended video segments
of Alex's radio shows to provide the ongoing commentary rather than reading
from a film script. Portions of the film are a continuation of the style
used in Police State III, that of rapid coverage of many different
issues. The result is that the film has the potential to overwhelm viewers
who were previously unaware of these facts.

The film concludes with a long segment that describes the near future
culmination of the control grid, one world government and destruction of
the freedoms and personal wealth of the American people. The use of electronically
modulated narration in this segment seemed corny and seems to detract from
the seriousness of the nightmarish dystopia we all face. Almost as an afterthought,
there is a final segment that illustrates how Glenn Beck spreads disinformation
on his popular Fox news show. Beck is quoted dissing Ron Paul and his supporters,
911 truthers and the spouses of the 911 victims, and his attempt to debunk
the issue of FEMA camps. Alex does a good job debunking the debunker and
aptly counters every point presented on the FEMA camp story. By giving
us a good example of how shamelessly mainstream media lies to the public,
this documentary reinforces the importance of turning to the alternative
media to learn the truth on issues.
Rating: ****

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